During the 6th edition of the Gulf Film Festival in Dubai (11-17 April), Sahim Omar Kalifa's Baghdad Messi won the Prize for Best Short Film within the official Gulf Short Film Competition. The prize carries a sum of $10,000; it is also the first award with which Baghdad Messi starts his festival career. At the same time, Kalifa's previous short film, Land of the Heroes, remains very active on the festival circuit and recently surpassed 100 festival screenings.

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